Sunday, February 27, 2011

Navigating to Oxford

It was a stormy, rainy day with tornado watches and warnings. James had a CE class to teach in Oxford, Mississippi at the Hospital Wing hangar. He has no sense of direction - north/south or east/west; so, Toni and TravelLady traveled with him to Oxford. After careful planning with Google Maps, we left Memphis about 4 PM and arrived there about half past six.

Due to the impending bad weather, the helicopter was safely parked in the hangar. The pilots were gracious and welcomed me into their "home away from home." Their at work living quarters were clean and neat - much like a Marine Corp barracks. I spent about two hours chatting with the pilots and flight nurses while we watched the weather radar. They spoke of past bad weather days and those souls lost to weather related accidents. Many thanks to the pilots and nurses!!
We arrived back home safely about 10:15 PM. We are planning to go back to Oxford and spend a day in the downtown area visiting the shops and having dinner at one of the great southern restaurants.
Grateful for brave pilots and nurses of the Hospital Wing.....
.....TravelLady



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